Immersive Media
What are "cospaces?"
A. an analytical tool used to show what a user is looking at within a VR experience, graphical interface etc.
B. a website that allows you to create 3D realities.
C. a new way of providing feedback to the user for actions taken in virtual reality environments, physically simulating the expected results of the user’s movements, similar to vibration effects on controllers.
D. a process that monitors the current position and orientation of the user’s head.
What is....
B. a website that allows you to create 3D realities.
Students are trying to increase recycling in their neighborhood and want to find out why people are not recycling. They ask several friends if they recycle and, if not, why not. Asking these questions shows that the students are trying to do which one of the following?
A. Brainstorming solutions
B. Defining the problem
C. Developing prototypes
D. Testing possible solutions
What is...
B. Defining the problem
NASA’s first Black female engineer in 1958 (yes, the one and the same portrayed in the movie “Hidden Figures”). Jackson contributed to research on aerodynamics for decades. She also “worked hard to impact the hiring and promotion of the next generation of all of NASA’s female mathematicians, engineers and scientists.”
A. Beyonce
B. Mary W. Jackson
C. Janet Jackson
D. Hillary Clinton
Who is...
B. Mary W. Jackson
Which area are the instruction blocks stored in a Scratch Screen?
A. Help Tab
B. Costume Tab
C. Blocks Palette
D. Action Tab
What is...
C. Blocks Palette
True or False
-"Virtual Reality can be real and also "made up space" that can be entered through VR head sets.
A. True
B. False
What is...
A. True
What is argumented reality?
A. refer to the two different approaches to monitoring the user’s movements outside of VR to mirror them inside of the VR environment.
B. viewer’s sense of being part of a virtual environment. It is achieved when sound, design, atmosphere, visualization, etc.
C. Adds or alters something in the real world.
D. refer to the two different approaches to monitoring the user’s movements outside of VR to mirror them inside of the VR environment.
What is....
C. Adds or alters something in the real world.
Students want to learn about the problems a local town has with their garbage collection. The students put themselves into the shoes of the town's people to try to experience their problems the way they do. Trying to better understand someone's problem is an example of which of the following?
A Defining the problem
B. Showing empathy
C. Brainstorming possible solutions
D. Developing a prototype
B. Showing empathy
African American electronic engineer known for designing the Fairchild Channel F video game console. He spearheaded the team the invented the commercial video game cartridge. Due to his contributions, he is sometimes called the “Father of Modern Gaming”.
A.
B.
C. Gerald Jerry Lawson
D.
What is...
A. Bill Cosby
B. Baker Mayfield
C. Gerald Jerry Lawson
D. O.J. Simpson
In terms of coding, which terms defines "the action of doing something over and over again?"
A. cycle loop
B. bug
C. while
D. loop
What is..
D. loop
Parts of an essay
-This part of the essay "catches the attention" of the audience/reader...
A. Thesis Statement
B. Topic Sentence
C. Body Paragraph 1
D. Hook
What is...
D. Hook
What is virtual reality?
A. can be real or made up space that can be entered through VR head sets.
B. refers to a delay between user input (e.g., head, hand, or leg movements) and output (e.g., visual, haptic, positional, audio) caused by a mixture of technical problems that are likely to be eliminated as the technology advances.
C. refers to the means by which the user is able to move around within a VR environment.
D. overlays artificial content onto the real world and enables the artificial content to interact with the real world scenery.
What is....
A. can be real or made up space that can be entered through VR head sets.
As part of a class project students are trying to think of ways to distribute food to those in need. This problem-solving process focuses on the needs of which one of the following groups or people?
A. The students
B. The people who are hungry
C. The school
D. The student's teacher
What is...
B. The people who are hungry
In 1982, ___________ became the first Black woman to earn a doctorate degree in computer science. In the mid-1980s, the representation of women in computer science peaked at approximately 40%. The decline in the representation of women has been attributed by some analysts to the increased marketing of personal computers and video games to boys.
A. Madame C.J. Walker
B. Michelle Obama
C. Marsha R. Williams
What is...
Marsha R. Williams
In terms of coding, what is an "Algorithm"?
A. A series of instructions on how to accomplish a task
B. a way to play the drums
C. a way to write music on paper
D. long division
What is...
A. A series of instructions on how to accomplish a task
Solve this riddle...
"Forward I am heavy but backwards, I am not..."
What is...
A ton
What is 3D Rendering?
A. the perceived movement of objects when the viewer moves, i.e.
B. creating a 3D model of a person, place, or thing.
C. the most commonly produced VR videos. These are usually captured with a single camera per FOV and stitched together to make a single equirectangular video.
D. an audio technique that ties sounds to specific sources within an environment, realistically simulating the things the listener would hear from their point of view.
What is...
B. creating a 3D model of a person, place, or thing.
A. Empathizing
B. Understanding
C. Ideating
D. Solving
What is...
C. Ideating
The first African American woman astronaut, holding the title of science mission specialist. She was working in the medical field as a General Practitioner and attending graduate engineering classes in Los Angeles when NASA admitted her to its astronaut training program in June 1987.
A. Marsha R. Williams
B. Mae Jemison
C. Madame C.J. Walker
D. Harriet Tubman
Who is....
B. Mae Jemison
In terms of coding, which of the listed terms means "to remove details from the solution so that it can work for many problems."
A. Reaction
B. Subtraction
C. Abstraction
What is...
C. Abstraction
Name that Song/Artist
-This one hit wonder initially was a "skating rink" anthem for many growing up, but then it transformed into the "Running Man Challenge."
A. "The Boy is Mine" by Monica and Brandi
B. "Skating Rink Anthem" by Black Sheep
C. "My Boo" by Ghost Town D.J.
D. "My Boo" by Running Man Challenge Crew
E. "If You Can Skate" by Boyz II Men
What is...
C. "My Boo" by Ghost Town D.J.
What is an immersive media?
A. a visual marker representing the user’s gaze in a 3D environment.
B. refers to the degree of detail an image holds, represented by the number of pixels.
C. the reference point from which observations, calculations, and measurements take place; the location or position of the viewer/object in question.
D. Any tool used to generate a 3D image to surround the user.
What is...
D. Any tool used to generate a 3D image to surround the user.
Students used a 3D printer to create a tool to help transport clean water in their community. The students need to test their tool to see if it works. Which of the following steps includes the testing of their tool?
A. Empathizing
B. Defining the problem
C. Ideating
D. Building a prototype
What is...
D. Building a prototype
Known as "Fighting Shirley," ___________ was the first African-American woman elected to Congress, serving the first of seven terms beginning in 1969. She was also the first woman and first African-American to seek the nomination for president from one of the two major political parties — the Democrats — in 1972. She fought for racial and gender equality, advocated for the poor, and opposed the Vietnam War.
A. Oprah Winfrey
B. Shirley Chisholm
C. Shirley Method
D. Cardi B
Who is...
B. Shirley Chisholm
In terms of coding, which term defines a "placeholder for a piece of information that can change?"
A. Loop
B. Function
C. Variable
D. Coding
E. Action Tab
What is...
C. Variable
The Change.org petition created by Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton calling for the prosecution of their son ________'s killer, George Zimmerman, has become the fastest-growing campaign in the site's history.
A. Michael Brown
B. Freddie Gray
C. Philando Castile
D. Walter Scott
E. Tamir Rice
F. Eric Harris
G. Trayvon Martin
H. George Floyd
I. Mike Brown
J. Sean Bell
What is...
G. Trayvon Martin